NA-100 Gujranwala - Competition between PML-N and Independent, others out of race.

delta_paki

MPA (400+ posts)
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The two men who are the main competitors for NA-100 have always been arch-rivals who shared nothing except the competition for winning confidence of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawazs (PML-N) leadership to secure a party ticket for the constituency that covers tehsil Noshera Virkan of Gujranwala district.


In Gujranwala where allegiances are very clan-centric, Azhar Qayyum Nahra, a representative of Jutt clan and Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz of Rajput clan are the strongest contenders. The PML-N has awarded ticket to the former, though both were vying for it. The pair had been kept in waiting by the PML-N leadership for a long time.
However, the PML-N decided to award all three tickets one National Assembly and two Punjab Assembly) to Nahra Group. PML-Ns nominations went to former tehsil nazim Azhar Qayyum Nahra for NA-100, Riaz Bibi, widow of former MPA Amanat Virk, for PP-101 and Rafaqat Hussain Gujjar for PP-102.
On the other hand, Chaudhry Bilal Ijaz has formed his own Ittihad Group which includes Khalid Pervaiz Virk and Irfan Bashir Gujjar for PP-101 and PP-102, respectively.
Background check
Azhar Qayyum is the younger brother of Haji Mudassir Qayyum Nahra, a student leader and former president of the Muslim Students Federation (MSF) who had won a Punjab Assembly seat (PP-102) in 2002 as an independent candidate. In 2008, he had won the same NA-100 seat as an independent candidate, and later joined the PML-N.
Muddasir had won two elections as independent candidate but after his disqualification owing to a fake degree, his younger brother is in the forefront. Mudassir continues to be the mastermind behind Azhars political career.
On the other hand, Bilal Ijaz is a son of the late Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed, who had won this seat twice in the 1990s. He himself had been elected to the National Assembly in the 2002 elections. Bilal had contested the 2002 elections on PML-Q ticket but had quit the party losing elections in 2008.
Gloomy forecast for PPP
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), according to locals, stands nowhere in the upcoming general elections. The PPP had once again fielded Chaudhry Tassadaq Masood. Masood, who has been a silent spectator during his tenure as member of the lower house, is lacking the clout needed for the upcoming elections. His election campaign received a severe blow two days ago when he was severely injured in a road accident. Masood now lies at a hospital bed with head injuries and his campaign is being overseen by his nephew and other family members.
Wrong choice by PTI??
There is a sense of disappointment in the constituency over the choice of PTI which has fielded Abid Javed Virk. He does not have good reputation at all and I am stumped at what kind of decision the PTI
leadership has taken, a young voter said who shied away from disclosing his identity. Virk had joined the PTI the day he was awarded party ticket, he added.

The clan factor?
NA-100 is a constituency where the vote bank, like many others in Punjab, is swayed by allegiances to clans. People prefer their clans to political parties, said Zameer Ahmed who belongs to the constituency and is a lecturer.
The reason, Ahmed said, is that people say we know those who help us in the hour of need, and are not concerned about which party has what policy on national issues.
 

<ChOuDhArY>

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
No time to read anything from Jang group and Express/tribune... Everyone knows that they both media houses are operated through Raiwind !!

Don't waste time in visiting their online pages.
 

Rizwan2009

Chief Minister (5k+ posts)
No no no way where is pit pity pti .pti will win blames is media lol
تم لوگوں کو نواذ شريف کے سوا بھي کچھ دکھائي ديتا ہے کہ نہيں کيا سارے ايماندار پڑھے لکھے قابل ذہين اور باصلاحيت افراد پاکستان ميں مر چکے ہيں اور صرف ايک نواذ شريف ہي ہے
پندرہ بيس سالوں سے جو ملک کو بحرانوں سے نکال نہ سکا وہ اب کيا ملک کو نکالے گا جس کي سوچ لوہے سے آگے بڑھتي ہي نہيں
جس کا وژن صرف لوہے کي فيکٹرياں لگانا ہے

 

delta_paki

MPA (400+ posts)
No time to read anything from Jang group and Express/tribune... Everyone knows that they both media houses are operated through Raiwind !!

Don't waste time in visiting their online pages.

I have been reading their constituency profiles quite regularly and they have been very impartial thats why I thought it fit to post this article in the hope that some fellow Siasatian from Gujranwala would shed some more light on the matter...oth, lets be realistic, PTI cannot win each and every seat there is...
 

delta_paki

MPA (400+ posts)
koi bhe candidate ho vote pti k name ka hoga

You are partially correct...this will come into play but won't a voter shy away from PTI if the candidate is some sort of badma'ash or other infamous personality...I surely won't vote for such a guy no matter what kind of ideology his party possesses!!
 

UNFATHOMABLE

MPA (400+ posts)
تم لوگوں کو نواذ شريف کے سوا بھي کچھ دکھائي ديتا ہے کہ نہيں کيا سارے ايماندار پڑھے لکھے قابل ذہين اور باصلاحيت افراد پاکستان ميں مر چکے ہيں اور صرف ايک نواذ شريف ہي ہے
پندرہ بيس سالوں سے جو ملک کو بحرانوں سے نکال نہ سکا وہ اب کيا ملک کو نکالے گا جس کي سوچ لوہے سے آگے بڑھتي ہي نہيں
جس کا وژن صرف لوہے کي فيکٹرياں لگانا ہے


Bhai..all Nooora supporters are those who have been declared

1. 'MENTALLY RETARDED'
2. SUFFERING FROM BLURRED VISION
3. Anti-change
4. Product of Status Quo
5. Sans brain

So, it's useless to expect anything 'sane' from these noora supporters